A yellow-glazed porcelain bowl.

On the reverse, a six-character Jiajing mark within a double circle.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

Yellow glazes occupy a privileged place among porcelain intended for the imperial court. They were regularly used as tableware for the emperor.

This piece, bearing a Jiajing mark, is considered to have been produced during the Shunzhi reign (1644–1661) (Leaping The Dragon Gate, The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, Theresa Canepa and Katharine Butler, 2021, p. 519.). The calligraphy and quality of execution of the mark do not correspond to those of the Jiajing reign and relate more closely to productions of the Transitional period, immediately preceding the Kangxi reign (1661–1722).

This example illustrates that monochrome yellow-glazed porcelains were not all reserved for imperial use.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

For an identical example, see:

– Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no. C.498-1910, also illustrated in Le goût pour les porcelaines de Chine et du Japon à Paris au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècles, Stéphane Castelluccio, 2013, p. 97, fig. 77.

– Leaping The Dragon Gate, The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, Teresa Canepa and Katharine Butler, 2021, p. 519, fig. III. 5.43.a.

– Chinese Porcelain, The Transitional Period 1620-1683, A Selection from the Michael Butler Collection, Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, 1986, cat. no. 60.

PROVENANCE :

– French private collection

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